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middy
09-06-2007, 04:27 PM
I have an SX strat copy that actually plays and sounds really nice, the problem is that the "vintage white" finish is actually sort of a "flourescent Chinese banana pudding".

It's a thick poly finish and I'm not going to invest all the time required to strip it with a heat gun. Does anyone have any cool ideas for fading the color or changing it somehow?

I guess I could just spray paint it, but I don't really like that bad spray job look. :rolleyes:

I was thinking of lighting the body on fire, but who knows what's in that Chinese paint? :eek:

budman
09-06-2007, 05:30 PM
You could rub it down with some yellow matter custard.

erikbojerik
09-06-2007, 05:33 PM
Find another axe you like just as well, then let the white one sit out in the sun for a year.

bassksun
09-06-2007, 05:41 PM
I know what's NOT in the paint...DURABILITY.

I have an sx75...heavily modded of course. If you look at it sideways the paint chips off. If you want to do something with the paint the best thing IME/O is to strip and start all over again.

scottyd
09-06-2007, 07:43 PM
Relic it.........I've never heard of Chinese banana pudding, I really like banana pudding…

middy
09-06-2007, 09:04 PM
Actually, I noticed this evening that the finish looks fine in the daylight. I just looks weird under fluorescent lights. I should probably check it with a Geiger counter....

Thangfish
09-06-2007, 09:21 PM
LMAO!

You could rub it down with some yellow matter custard.

cricketfever32
09-06-2007, 09:39 PM
refin, or let the thing age in sunlight, like what im doing to my sx jazz whenever i get the time